Your Comments: Ann Marie, forget the photo op and get to work!

Jacquelyn Martin / APHouse Speaker John Boehner, of Ohio, participates in a ceremonial swearing in with Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle (right), R-N.Y., on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 5.

New U.S. Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle, R-Onondaga Hill, was the media draw this afternoon at the Samaritan Center. She was one of many who volunteered around the city and the country for a day of service associated with the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday.

Buerkle put on plastic gloves to help serve the meal of chicken cacciatore along with 10 volunteers from a confirmation class from Immaculate Conception Church in Fayetteville.

Users of syracuse.com were quick to comment on the story, some praising Buerkle and others accusing her of looking for a photo opportunity. Here's what one user, syrtvwtchr, had to say:

"Oh my God. She's self-serving. Photo shoots more important than finding work for Central New Yorkers. She's wasting time trying to get health care repealed since the Senate and president won't be voting it down. And in the New Times last week, we got more of, "I don't know enough about that subject to comment about it." Please....that's her line for months now on things she doesn't anything about, but she should spend time finding out about them!!! You go, girl, back to Washington and get to work! You work for me now!"